a. and sb. [f. med.L. Ultonia Ulster, f. OIr. Ult-, Ulaid: see ULTAGH.]

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  A.  adj. Of or belonging to Ulster.

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1766.  O’Conor, Dissert. Hist. Irel., 50. The Ultonian Heberians followed the Example. Ibid., 158. The Establishment of the Ultonian Oeconomy by Kimbaoth.

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1865.  S. Ferguson, Lays Western Gael, Tain-Quest, 23. In the ransom-races … to run ’Gainst the fleet Ultonian horses.

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1880.  Encycl. Brit., XIII. 245/2. The origin of the clan of Degaid is obscure; one story makes it Ultonian, and the other Erimonian.

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  B.  sb. An inhabitant or native of Ulster.

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1781.  C. Vallancey, Lit. Irish in Heathen Times, 9. He … was banished by the Ultonians the year following.

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1837.  W. F. Skene, Highlanders, I. viii. 210. The Ultonians, or inhabitants of the north of Ireland, were Cruithne.

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1880.  Encycl. Brit., XIII. 246/1. If the Scots failed to subdue the south thoroughly, they succeeded in crushing the Ultonians.

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